Confused? You Don't Have to Be

Those who have known me for many years may be rather bemused by my Soxaholia. After all, I used to find baseball BORING. Basketball was my game to watch, and as I came of age in the Boston area in the late 80's, this is probably not particularly surprising.

Baseball has taken hold over the years, though, and my native loyalty to the home team was always perfectly natural. I'm still a bit of a doofus on the arcana of the game (major and minor) and I have resigned myself to the fact that I will absolutely never be able to remember whether a Minor League A team is closer to or farther away from the Majors as an AAA team, but I can watch a game without asking questions of my ever-patient husband every five seconds.

For those who are as confused by baseball as I formerly was, Teresa Nielsen Hayden has put together a lovely history of the Sox/Yankees, er, issues. She has also posted a user-friendly primer on the game's rules ("There is a Designated Hitter Rule, which is Bad.")

And, for the unwary, Making Light regular Jonathan Vos Post has put together some data on mathematics, physics, and astronomy as they relate to baseball.

Posted: Thursday - October 21, 2004 at 06:37 PM | |